insensibility

/in'sensə'biliti/

Thân thiện

A patient's insensibility to pain concerned the doctor.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state of being unconscious or unaware: A condition where a person lacks consciousness or responsiveness, often due to injury, illness, or shock.
   • Lack of emotional feeling or sensitivity: An absence of normal emotional response, compassion, or concern; a state of being unfeeling or indifferent.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The blow to his head caused immediate insensibility. (He lost consciousness immediately.)
  • Her insensibility to the suffering of others was shocking. (She showed a complete lack of feeling for others' pain.)

Advanced Usage

• "to lapse into insensibility": to gradually become unconscious.
  • The patient lapsed into insensibility as the fever rose.
• "moral insensibility": a lack of ethical or moral feeling.
  • The dictator's moral insensibility led to great atrocities.

Variants and Related Words

• Insensible (adj): 1. Unconscious. 2. Unaware of or indifferent to.
  • He was insensible to the cold. (He did not feel the cold.)
• Insensitiveness (noun): A related quality of being not physically or emotionally sensitive.

Synonyms

• Unconsciousness: The state of being unconscious.
• Apathy: Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
• Indifference: Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.

Antonyms

• Consciousness: The state of being awake and aware.
• Sensitivity: The quality of being quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences; also, susceptibility to the attitudes or feelings of others.
• Compassion: Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.

Related Phrases

• In a state of insensibility: Completely unconscious or unresponsive.
  • They found him in a state of insensibility on the floor.

Học thuật

Noun

1. devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
2. a lack of sensibility

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unfeelingness
• callousness
• callosity
• hardness